AB150-engrossed,1466,14 121.56 School bus routes. The school board of each district shall make and be responsible for all necessary provisions for the transportation of pupils, including establishment, administration and scheduling of school bus routes. Upon the request of any school board, the state superintendent department shall provide advice and counsel on problems of school transportation. Any private school shall, upon the request of the public school officials, supply all necessary information and reports. The transportation of public and private school pupils shall be effectively coordinated to insure the safety and welfare of the pupils. Upon receipt of a signed order from the state superintendent secretary, the school board shall discontinue any route specified by the state superintendent secretary.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4084 Section 4084. 121.58 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1466,22 121.58 (5) (title) State superintendent Department approval. If the state superintendent department is satisfied that transportation or board and lodging was provided in compliance with law, the state superintendent department shall certify to the department of administration the sum due the school district. In case of differences concerning the character and sufficiency of the transportation or board and lodging, the state superintendent department may determine such matter and his or her decision thereon its decision is final.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4093 Section 4093. 121.845 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1466,25 121.845 (3) "School" means an organized educational activity operated by the school board and approved by the department of public instruction.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4095m Section 4095m. 121.85 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1467,2 121.85 (6) (a) 2. Multiply the number of transfer pupils by 0.325 0.25.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4096m Section 4096m. 121.85 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1467,15 121.85 (6) (b) 2. If, in any one In each school year, the number of pupils transferring from one school district to another under sub. (3) (a) constitute less than 5% of the total membership of the school district of attendance, the school district of attendance of pupils transferring from one school district to another under sub. (3) (a) shall receive an amount equal to that produced by multiplying the number of pupils transferred into the school district under sub. (3) (a) in the previous school year by the amount produced by dividing the school district's net school cost by the sum of the membership, plus the number of pupils transferred into the school district of attendance in the previous school year under sub. (3) (a). This subdivision applies to aid paid in the 1995-96 school year only if the number of pupils transferring from one school district to another under sub. (3) (a) in the 1994-95 school year constitutes less than 5% of the total membership of the school district of attendance.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4098 Section 4098. 121.85 (6) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1467,21 121.85 (6) (b) 3. If, in any one the 1994-95 school year, the number of pupils transferring from one school district to another under sub. (3) (a) constitute 5% or more of the total membership of the school district of attendance, in the 1995-96 school year the school district of attendance shall receive an amount equal to 1.2 multiplied by the amount to which the district is entitled under subd. 2.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4098g Section 4098g. 121.85 (6) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,1468,5 121.85 (6) (h) Aid reduction. Beginning with aid paid in the 1996-97 school year, if the amount determined by the joint committee on finance under s. 121.15 (3m) (c) is less than the amount certified to the committee under s. 121.15 (3m) (b), each school district's aid under par. (a) shall be calculated as if the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) were equal to the amount certified to the committee and shall then be reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage by which the amount determined by the committee is less than the amount certified to the committee.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4099g Section 4099g. 121.86 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1468,8 121.86 (2) (a) 2. Multiply the number of pupils enumerated under pars. (b) and (c) by 0.325 0.25.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4099r Section 4099r. 121.86 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1468,14 121.86 (3) State aid exception. Pupils under sub. (2) (b) and (c) who are enrolled in a kindergarten program or in a preschool program under subch. V of ch. 115 shall be multiplied under sub. (2) (a) 2. by a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.325 0.25 by the appropriate fraction under s. 121.004 (7) (c), (cm) or (d).

AB150-engrossed, s. 4099t Section 4099t. 121.86 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,1468,22 121.86 (5) Aid reduction. Beginning with aid paid in the 1996-97 school year, if the amount determined by the joint committee on finance under s. 121.15 (3m) (c) in less than the amount certified to the committee under s. 121.15 (3m) (b), each school district's aid under sub. (2) shall be calculated as if the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) were equal to the amount certified to the committee and shall then be reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage by which the amount determined by the committee is less than the amount certified to the committee.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4105m Section 4105m. 121.90 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1469,3 121.90 (1) "Number of pupils" means the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September, except that "number of pupils" excludes the number of pupils attending private schools under s. 119.23.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4106 Section 4106. 121.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1469,10 121.90 (2) "State aid" means aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.10 and 121.105 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4), except that "state aid" excludes any additional aid that a school district receives as a result of ss. 121.07 (6) (e) and (7) (e) and 121.105 (3) for school district consolidations that are effective on or after July 1, 1995, as determined by the department.

AB150-engrossed, s. 4107 Section 4107. 121.905 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,1469,13 121.905 Applicability. (1) In this section, "revenue ceiling" means $5,300 in the 1995-96 school year and in any subsequent school year means $5,600.

AB150-engrossed,1469,16 (2) The revenue limit under s. 121.91 does not apply to any school district in any school year in which its base revenue per member, as calculated under sub. (3), is less than its revenue ceiling.

AB150-engrossed,1469,17 (3) A school district's base revenue per member is determined as follows:

AB150-engrossed,1469,24 (a) Calculate the sum of the amount of aid received under ss. 121.08, 121.10 and 121.105 and subch. VI in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding funds described under s. 121.91 (4) (c), and the costs of the county handicapped children's education board program, as defined in s. 121.135 (2) (a) 2., for pupils who were school district residents and solely enrolled in a special education program provided by a county handicapped children's education board in the previous school year.

AB150-engrossed,1470,4 (b) Divide the result in par. (a) by the sum of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years and the number of pupils who were school district residents and solely enrolled in a special education program provided by a county handicapped children's education board program in the previous school year.